NUS SOC Summer Workshop 2019
About Topic
Making Good Products Great Again!
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Year 1 topic
Have you ever wondered why some products are such a joy to use, while others are just horrible user experiences? Have you wondered why some systems have similar specifications (CPU, RAM, Storage etc), yet each system can feel so different when you use it? Have you wondered why some devices “just work”, while others are just frustratingly difficult? In other words, what is good design, and what is bad design, and how do you design great products? Hint: it has nothing to do with how much money you have!
This workshop will teach you how to design IT products using a User-Centered, Design Thinking framework, combined with AGILE Rapid Prototyping methodology. You will learn to analyze existing products and decide which parts of the product has good design, and which parts are bad. You will then start to design your own Web/Mobile products, starting with design prototypes, and ending with a final well-designed product that actually works!
This workshop will teach you how to design IT products using a User-Centered, Design Thinking framework, combined with AGILE Rapid Prototyping methodology. You will learn to analyze existing products and decide which parts of the product has good design, and which parts are bad. You will then start to design your own Web/Mobile products, starting with design prototypes, and ending with a final well-designed product that actually works!
The workshop is suitable for students with a little knowledge of HTML/JavaScript/Web programming. Advanced programming knowledge is nice but not required. Students should also be active users of Web and Mobile technologies, such as Smartphones and Webapps.
About Lecturer
Professor Lu Weiquan
Professor LU received his Ph.D in Computer Engineering from the National University of Singapore. He has taught classes on User Experience (UX) Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Visual Design and Design Thinking for IT Product Design
His education research is in the domains of Experiential and Embodied Learning, particularly in how to design advanced systems such as Augmented and Virtual Reality to enable students to learn better and faster than ever before. His work has been published in prestigious conferences such as the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), the International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), and prestigious journals such as the IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG).
His education research is in the domains of Experiential and Embodied Learning, particularly in how to design advanced systems such as Augmented and Virtual Reality to enable students to learn better and faster than ever before. His work has been published in prestigious conferences such as the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), the International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), and prestigious journals such as the IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG).
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